The day was scrubbed today at 12:30 due to low cloud, high winds and thunderstorms. We rigged the glider first thing this morning with an ugly looking sky and I would have waited until after the pilots' meeting, but I had to fill with water and get weighed.
As we rode our bikes over to the meeting, the clouds to the east were looking very dark and part way through the meeting we could hear the rain on the roof. The weather man, Walt Rogers who is both a meteorologist and glider pilot is providing the weather briefings to us remotely from California through a webcast tool. His forecast for today was "likely unflyable". When asked about the longer term forecast he was not optimistic for tomorrow but thinks that Thurs, Fri should be good. When he was invited to come to Hobbs and join us he just chuckled - now what does that tell you?
Dave
As we rode our bikes over to the meeting, the clouds to the east were looking very dark and part way through the meeting we could hear the rain on the roof. The weather man, Walt Rogers who is both a meteorologist and glider pilot is providing the weather briefings to us remotely from California through a webcast tool. His forecast for today was "likely unflyable". When asked about the longer term forecast he was not optimistic for tomorrow but thinks that Thurs, Fri should be good. When he was invited to come to Hobbs and join us he just chuckled - now what does that tell you?
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